Malta must retain the ability to appreciate the beauty it has
Evarist Bartolo
In our pursuit of what we perceive as important, we have to make sure we retain the ability to appreciate the beauty we already have, and value it
Caught between the Devil and Dublin 2…
Raphael Vassallo
Men, women and children are just left to dangle out at sea caught between the Devil and the deep blue sea… because a bunch of supposedly ‘advanced’...
Divisions cannot be healed by meaningless, empty rhetoric
Raphael Vassallo

George Vella thinks he’s going to ‘heal the division’? How,...

George Vella thinks he’s going to ‘heal the...

It's not all Greco to me
Michael Falzon

Whether our prime ministers were benign or malign dictators is not the result of our set-up, but the result of their level of prudence – or imprudence

Whether our prime ministers were benign or malign dictators...

But he was such a quiet man….
Josanne Cassar

Those who keep their emotions all bottled up for a long time, for years, maybe even for a lifetime, are the ones most likely to, one fine day, simply explode

Those who keep their emotions all bottled up for a long...

Dangerous delegates
Saviour Balzan

In private many senior Labour figures admit that Labour’s marriage with the private sector has derailed the true purpose of the Labour party

In private many senior Labour figures admit that...

An indictment of our political culture

It should not really surprise us that the unwholesome situation mapped out in the GRECO report – which we have all tacitly accepted – would...

It should not really surprise us that the unwholesome...

Residential leased property must be lived in
Malcolm Mifsud

The Board said that due to articles in the Civil Code, the resident has the...

The Board said that due to articles in the Civil Code, the...

Five ways forward for Brexit
Matthew Bugeja

Theresa May has reached out to Labour to solve the Brexit impasse, and still has other options - but a lot will depend on flexibility from Brussels.

Theresa May has reached out to Labour to solve the Brexit...

Don’t want Maltese culture to die out? It’s up to us
Josanne Cassar

It is true that certain traditions may have taken on a more slick appearance...

It is true that certain traditions may have taken on a more...

‘Sven’ will we ever learn…?
Raphael Vassallo

Sven Giegold’s approach is not to convince, or persuade, individual member states to co-operate on tax issues… no, it is to force us all to...

Sven Giegold’s approach is not to convince, or...

Saviour Balzan: Sven Giegold’s Article 7 crusade against Malta
Saviour Balzan

Balzan also says that Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia requesting an...

Balzan also says that Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia...

MaltaToday Cartoon: 3 April 2019

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Fuelling suspicions

Protest and activism is an important part of any democracy. The relative comfort that comes with a growing economy must not lull us into complacency that...

Protest and activism is an important part of any democracy....

Is this how we want to be remembered in history?
Evarist Bartolo

The distinction between economic immigration and asylum seekers should be...

The distinction between economic immigration and asylum...

How did we go from ‘gender balance’, to… this?
Raphael Vassallo

  Getting more women into Parliament is one thing; but allowing...

  Getting more women into Parliament is one thing;...

Quotas by any other name…
Michael Falzon

If we are going to study what are the Constitutional amendments that Malta needs, why don’t we make one radical change rather than changing the...

If we are going to study what are the Constitutional...

A distraction purposely designed
Saviour Balzan

I will say this with some reluctance, but with much conviction: Delia’s fake signature saga is a distraction designed to deviate our attention away from...

I will say this with some reluctance, but with much...

What is the best way to achieve the pink wave in Malta?
Josanne Cassar

The more women there are in any posts or sectors, the more likely that girls...

The more women there are in any posts or sectors, the more...

Piracy is as piracy does

If a crime was committed, it took the form of attempting to return survivors to a place where they faced a well-founded fear of persecution

If a crime was committed, it took the form of attempting to...